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TIL in 2013 there’s going to be a comet so bright that it may be visible during daylight hours.

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MEJb TIL TBS speeds up reruns of Seinfeld (and other shows) for more room to show advertisements
6ERoQ TIL plans for a Texas art installation that would be left to naturally degrade were re-thought after vandals graffitied the exterior and stole its contents the night it was completed
Lk69V TIL that James Bond was named after an ornithologist whose field guides Ian Fleming, a prolific birdwatcher, read while on vacation.
7A7b TIL that iTunes was purchased by Apple in 2000 and it was called “SoundJam MP”
9mxp TIL that Operation Christmas Drop, a training exercise where the US Air Force drops presents and supplies in Micronesia, is the longest running humanitarian air lift in the world. Supplies and presents have been dropped every Christmas since 1952.